The Yamaha PSR-2700 is one SHOW-OFF of a sampling keyboard!

Have you ever seen a keyboard with a more over-engineered control panel!?
The PSR-2700 has some good features and nice sounds but it's a pain to use - everything that could have been made tricky has been. It has countless potential fault points (e.g. a button for everything and a seriously hard-to-reach socket panel) but I have to admit ....I really enjoyed making this demo!

[@bestrickie2]

I didn’t know it’s possible to layer 2 samples. EXCELLENT.

[@doordedeur]

The sounds are the same as those in the PSR-510. Inside this huge package the PSR-2700 only adds sampling, a bigger display, a floppy drive and more recording options. Only the PSR-4500 was bigger in size. The user interface is actually great. Every function has its own button.

[@tufelkahonda5323]

I also noticed a resemblance to the YAMAHA-PSR-510

[@chiefbucknell]

Every function has its own button - maybe my favorite memory of my PSR-510, being able to do things easily like turn velocity sensitivity on and off, and to adjust it up and down, with no “menu diving”. 😃

[@kenzieprice6745]

I look forward to your responses on Gearfacts. You are very versed between the different instruments.

[@doordedeur]

I've had a music instrument store, specialized in second hand keyboards and synthesizers. That way I've played and got to know many keyboards and synthesizers.

[@kenzieprice6745]

@@doordedeurThanks for sharing. It would be nice to see your own content, blog/write ups maybe one of these days.

[@tpmm1]

I owned both the PSR-1700 and PSPR-2700 and totally loved them. The step time sequencer function was really nice. I didn't find it complicated at all. I found working with the Tyros way more complicated. Nice to see the keyboard after all these years. I now only have the demo disk left. 😉

[@gearfacts]

Glad you liked the video :)

[@manuelg4870]

Wow! Didn't know about this keyboard. I (still) have a PSR-410 . It has the same sounds and rhytms. Nice videos. I love to see and hear those classic arrangers.

[@tufelkahonda5323]

I agree with you in everything!

[@gearfacts]

Glad you liked it!

[@ababababeebababa]

1993 flagship ... the same the psr-510 came out, the psr-1700 and this psr-2700 are a button lovers delights ... tbh, the 510 really impressed me ... these look to have even more buttons and a better display. These flagships kind of remind me of the technics sx-kn1000 with that 2 line backlit lcd at the top.

[@gearfacts]

A simpler time :)

[@TranceJedi]

I had a PSR 2700 many moons ago , at the time I bought it ... It was too of its class of keyboard from Yamaha , floppy disk was a pain in the ass , it has a simple but brilliant sampler , step recording was easy to use and could be used for making crazy loops , all in all it was a great keyboard and it was a big stepping stone to the PSR keyboards we have today ... Brilliant upload .... Big thumbs flying high from a galaxy far far away called Ireland ☘️🇮🇪👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@gearfacts]

Hey Ireland Jedi, thanks for coming all this way to watch my video!

[@LeukeGast]

Super, I had a psr-510

[@chiefbucknell]

This looks almost identical to my PSR-510, if I recall correctly.

[@drnockaable]

Hey a new video. I have the psr 510 and always wanted this.

[@vince89503]

You know , I kind like having a button for everything instead of scrolling through menus and sub menus.

[@tufelkahonda5323]

Both options are good! Everyone is good in their own way.

[@gearfacts]

You make a fair point :)

[@heroknaderi]

Sounds great 👍 still a masterpiece. Speaking of sound quality it seems like it’s equivalent to the psr e series. I believe Yamaha used their classic sound chip for the psr e series. This one was the top of the line in the 90s I enjoyed it very much. 😊😎👍

[@USER_SLADE]

Looks like a big brother to the PSR-510

[@Simon-ui6db]

I'd say the daddy to the 510 and the 1700 the mother (no sampler on the 1700

[@tufelkahonda5323]

@@Simon-ui6db But why "Dad" and not "Mom"?-))

[@gearfacts]

Interesting debate!

[@doordedeur]

The PSR-510 came before the 1700 and 2700. So the son brew his own parents? ;)

[@amielkislev1434]

psr 410 and psr 510 is parents for psr 1700/2700

[@Simon-ui6db]

looks like a pss-51 on steroids. Brings back memories of messing about on one of these in a music shop when I was 15 when it first came out. Still prefered the Korg i3 and Roland E86 at the time.

[@gearfacts]

Ah interesting - I missed it back in the day, this review was literally the first time I'd seen it.

[@bestrickie2]

I’ve had the E-86, Korg i3 and many others over the years including the stunning PSR-2700 which is a piece of cake to use especially the record function.

[@panoleksii]

I have too YAMAHA PSR 2700 now. Load voices from Korg I 3 and Roland G1000. Nice sampling. And voices from android applications "Yamaha DX 7"

[@bestrickie2]

It’s an EXCELLENT keyboard including the FANTASTIC sampler. Yes I PROUDLY owned one of these and recorded a few demos as it’s a piece of cake to use the recorder sampler. Yes again an EXCELLENT instrument.

[@drnockaable]

You wanna sell it or trade ? I have a korg triton rack that ill trade .

[@bestrickie2]

@@drnockaable I sold my fantastic PSR-2700 a few years ago as I got others since. Yes STILL excellent though.

[@angelserrano3655]

Does it weigh as much as it seems to? (Kinda love having so many Controls at reach without getting into menus).

[@MariusGarage]

I have this beast 😁 bought in the far 90's...horror sounding piece of arranger, apart some drum kit...I love the sampler on board and the possibility to use the sampled sounds via midi, used It in a my dance song in 1999...not bad the internal sequencer...

[@gearfacts]

Very cool!

[@drnocka-rocksteady]

I've been looking for this for years.

[@angelserrano3655]

That great Kaaaaooooooosssss!!!!!

[@bestrickie2]

P.S, the record function and auto accompaniment creator even quantises. Yes excellent and has backings for certain songs. Again an EXCELLENT instrument all round.

[@kenzieprice6745]

Do you know of any other hardware devices with such an easy recorder like that? The one on the PSR 510 is a blast and Id love to find something stand alone.

[@bestrickie2]

@@kenzieprice6745 there’s plenty of recording equipment including software (GarageBand) and other.

[@kenzieprice6745]

@@bestrickie2 of course. It's just the recorder on thr PSR 510 is very immediate and helps ideas get out on the fly. I would love to find a more featured separate unit that shares the same use.

[@bestrickie2]

@@kenzieprice6745 Yamaha is likely to have manufactured something a like. Y not get in touch with Yamaha, go on line search in Google?

[@jurgenalles414]

Better Prozessor.I love it!

[@chiefbucknell]

I contemplate getting my PSR-510 out now and again, especially for putting through my pedal effects chain. Often I find that the more complex the effects, the more the sound source benefits from being simple, even to the point of inexpensive Casio or Yamaha sounds from decades ago.

[@chiefbucknell]

The main reason I more often reach for a Casio or my PSS-480 is because they’re smaller than the PSR-510 - limited space in the home studio for a keyboard like the 510, and hard to justify leaving it out all the time, as it takes some effort to make it “sound pro” and not dated (to my subjective ear). By the way, I remember the electronic bass drum on the 510 putting out an extreme amount of low end!

[@gearfacts]

Oh man some of those PSS keyboards are SERIOUS performers even by today's standards. Excellent secondary keyboards because as you say, the size was so manageable. Thanks for watching and for the comments!

[@kenzieprice6745]

@@chiefbucknell Keith you nailed it with the simple waveforms taking effects better. They keep their character and I think older synthesizers actually spent more effort on the actual waveform instead of souping it up with effects. I think newer synths all sound the same because of it and why I keep reaching further back in time for new instruments.

[@ilovekeyboards7830]

Gearfacts can you please send me a picture of the casio wk 210

[@Keyboardhugo]

Das war mein erstes Yamaha Keyboard. Hab es speziell wegen der Sampling Möglichkeit gekauft. Es hatte aber eine miserable Tastatur

[@gearfacts]

I agree 100%

[@transforminggravity15626]

Cool 😎 ✅✅✅✅🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯

[@Jennnym25]

i recognize the sound of the drum sounds, they sound like the ones that are on the alesis melody61 but in higher quality. don’t you recognize them?

[@gearfacts]

Yes, I believe that Alesis does a lot of license deals with other companies. I've seen quite a few cross-over technologies in Alesis. Not that I'm judging them unfavorably, they've got some excellent machines :)

[@SaturnineXTS]

That's the top of the line for the model year that also included my trusty ol' piece of shit, the 210. Kind of astounded at how good the voices are sounding, actually! Mad impressive for a 1993 keyboard, I'd need to hear a direct comparison with the new flagship models to tell just how far Yamaha has come in those almost 30 years, but listening to just this thing in a vacuum so to say, makes me think they were already pretty amazing way back when.

[@gearfacts]

Agreed. I've still got it downstairs, might be time to bring it out for another retrospective :)

[@SaturnineXTS]

@@gearfacts Oh, since you're here - I've found used Tyros 2's listed for cheaper than new SX-600 are in online stores. Sounds like a no-brainer which one to pick, but I might as well defer to your experience!

[@gearfacts]

@@SaturnineXTS Hmm I might not be the best person to ask, because every time I've played a Tyros it feels like an old matron's keyboard - dependable and no fun whatsoever. I suspect the SX600 would be more lively but I've never had the pleasure... The lack of arpeggiator or sampler is a turnoff (with both). And then you see the PSR-E463 with its mediocre sounds - but it's absolute non-stop fun and costs half the price. I know which one would bring out the nest musician in me!

[@SaturnineXTS]

@@gearfacts I have a PSR-E423 from way back when, and gotta say it is indeed tons of fun once you get to exploring all the functions! It's just clean, good ol' fun. But I'd like to buy something more powerful and can't afford to drop 5 grand on a new Genos, so I'm exploring alternatives hehe

[@francescomalara566]

Come si regola la luminosità del disply

[@ilovekeyboards7830]

Gearfacts was the casio wk 210 video olny for me

[@gearfacts]

I'll publish it for everyone soon

[@meekrodriguez6438]

I love yamaha keyboards

[@tufelkahonda5323]

I also love Yamaha-Keyboard!

[@gearfacts]

You'll get lots of thumbs-ups for that comment :)

[@drnocka-rocksteady]

I've been looking for this for years. If anyone wants to sell there's let me know.

[@Keyboardhugo]

Ich hab meines vor vielen Jahren verkauft. Die Sampling Funktion war prima. Aber die Tastatur miserabel. Die hat oft beim drücken geklemmt…

[@drnockaable]

Im still looking for this. If anyone wants to sell or trade im open for the discussion.

[@gearfacts]

There’s a Gearfacts buy/sell page on Facebook

[@drnocka-rocksteady]

Does it have a floppy drive.

[@gearfacts]

Yep

[@chocolateking1978]

Is this available in India

[@gearfacts]

No, it’s no longer in production

[@montazownianr1]

What's with the noise?

[@gearfacts]

Old keyboard.

[@ilovekeyboards7830]

Gearfacts the yamaha psr 2700 looks really old for today times

[@tufelkahonda5323]

Old, but high-quality!

[@jyothishpeter4814]

Forsale

[@jyothishpeter4814]

Kittmo

[@didiersteppe5829]

Pas grand chose en explications a part jouer quelques notes et entendre quelques voix et quelques styles .Inutile !! Il aurrait ete plus judicieux d'expliquer les diverses possibilités qu'offre ce clavier "vintage"meme s'il reste limité 148 voix et 128 accompagnements avec un gros defaut cependant... le lecteur 4.5 pouces que l'on ne peut plus changer ,une fois HS .....THE DEFAULT !!!

[@gearfacts]

J'ai fait de mon mieux :/

[@didiersteppe5829]

@@gearfacts ce n'etait pas un reproche..juste une constatation.Je possede un psr 2700 ( 12000 fr a l'epoque )et il y a tant a dire meme si de nos jours il est limité .Je compte investir sur un psr e 463 ...+ elaboré niveau sonorites et styles et abordable... Bonne continuation a toi :)

[@gearfacts]

@@didiersteppe5829 Cool, si vous obtenez un PSRE463 s'il vous plaît dites-moi - j'ai un pack de sons avec plus de 100 échantillons et plus de 150 nouveaux sons que je peux partager avec vous :)

[@didiersteppe5829]

@@gearfacts merci ...c'est sympa mais il ne me semble pas possible,d'apres mes recherches, de rajouter sons et style sur la gamme PSR E.... il faut aller dans les gammes superieures .Bonne journee a vous